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 Pack Coat of Arms / Pack Family CrestThis surname PACK was the descendant of Pack or little Pack (suffering), the name given to one born during the Jewish Passover of Christian Easter. A baptismal name 'the son of Pack'. In 1086 the compilation of the Domesday Book was ordered by William the Conqueror (1027-87), king of England from 1066. He was born in Failaise, the bastard son of Robert, Duke of Normandy, by Arlette, a tanner's daughter. On his father's death in 1035, the nobles accepted him as a duke. When Edward the Confessor, king of England died in 1066, William invaded England that Autumn, on 14th October, 1066 killing Harold (who had assumed the title of King). English government under William assumed a more feudal aspect, the king's tenants-in-chief and all title to land was derived from his grants, and the Domesday Book contains details of the land settlements, and the names of the owners of such. The name is also spelt PACKE, PAIK, PATCH and PACCARD. PACKE (without surname) was such a tenant. Other records of the name mention Roger Pake who appears in 1195 in County Leicestershire, and Richard Packe was documented in the year 1221 in County Suffolk. John filius Pake of the County of Cambridgeshire in 1273. Edward Pake of the County of Somerset in 1327. Humfrey Pakes and Martha Brittaine were married, London in 1568. Edward Pack and Hester Blunt, married London in 1603. The bulk of European surnames in countries such as England and France were formed in the 13th and 14th centuries. The process started earlier and continued in some places into the 19th century, but the norm is that in the 11th century people did not have surnames, whereas by the 15th century they did.During the Middle Ages, when people were unable to read or write, signs were needed for all visual identification. For several centuries city streets in Britain were filled with signs of all kinds, public houses, tradesmen and even private householders found them necessary. This was an age when there were no numbered houses, and an address was a descriptive phrase that made use of a convenient landmark. At this time, coats of arms came into being, for the practical reason that men went into battle heavily armed and were difficult to recognise. It became the custom for them to adorn their helmets with distinctive crests, and to paint their shields with animals and the like. Coats of arms accompanied the development of surnames, becoming hereditary in the same way. |
